Cairns, Queensland - LOCAL BEER = Tooheys, XXXX Gold, or Sambuca & Cola in a can (rocket fuel!) Now, you're travelling to Australia and ofcourse you expect it to be nice and warm. Arriving in Cairns however, you walk out of the front door at arrivals and 'BANG!' you are smashed from every angle with the hottest, wettest heat possible! Welcome to Oz. Cairns is up in Australia's tropics in the far North East corner. Surrounded by rainforests it is very hot and humid. We farted around outside the airport for about half an hour, T-shirts sticking to us like cling film, rapidly trying to acclimatise before grabbing a shuttle bus to our hostel 'The Calypso Inn' just outside Cairns centre. The hostel was really cool, full of fellow backpackers, pool, bar, restaurant area with an
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